Monday 2 June 2025 A message from NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Launching on 1 July, the new Optometry First services, commissioned by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, will mean people across the county can access more eye care closer to home. The contract, awarded to Primary Eyecare Services, a not-for-profit primary care optometry organisation, follows a tender process [...]
26 February 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is proud to have been recognised as a Disability Confident Leader as part of a government scheme that promotes inclusive and accessible workplaces for disabled people. SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, is the main provider of acute hospital care for almost [...]
Monday 23 December 2024 The numbers of flu cases within our communities are increasing, and we are starting to see a rise in cases within our hospitals. Please can we ask patients, visitors and colleagues to wear face masks at all times in the following areas: Emergency Department (all areas including fit to sit) Same Day Emergency Care, Acute [...]
13 November 2024 Hayley Flavell, Executive Director of Nursing at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has announced she is leaving the Trust at the end of November 2024. Hayley will be joining the Florence Nightingale Foundation – a charity supporting nurses and midwives; bringing her passion for education and people development, and supporting the future of [...]
12 August 2024 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital (SaTH) NHS Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Jo Williams as its interim Chief Executive Officer, who will join during September 2024. Jo Williams, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) in Birmingham, brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record [...]
9 August 2024 Joint statement from NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council. To residents across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, As Leaders, Chief Executive Officers [...]
2 August 2024 Message from the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board: With news that General Practice (GP) nationwide are taking collective action from Thursday 1 August 2024, health leaders from across the local health and care system are asking the public to continue to come forward for care as usual. Although not classed as industrial (strike) action, [...]
24 July 2024 I wanted to write to you to update you on the work we have been doing since the Independent Review of Maternity Services at our hospitals, led by Donna Ockenden, which was published on 30 March 2022. I would also like to set out some of the improvements we have made, the ways in which [...]
26 June 2024 As the next round of junior doctors' strikes approaches, residents of Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin are reminded of the significant impact their support can have during what is anticipated to be a busy period for the local NHS. Junior doctors at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, and other local NHS facilities [...]
25 June 2024 Following on from Channel 4’s Dispatches, which highlighted the challenging conditions in our urgent and emergency care services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, we want to apologise to those affected in the programme and to everyone in our communities who has been affected by long waiting times, overcrowding and a lack of privacy when accessing emergency [...]
